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Dispatch № 26
Why I left Warsaw
4 August 2026
After four years of leaving gradually, I moved my base from Poland to Dubai. A personal essay on the why and a country of employees, prices that stopped making sense and choosing a cite to live when you can live anywhere.
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Globally Based is a weekly newsletter on modern mobility, written for global citizens who choose to live anywhere — founders, creatives, digital nomads, professionals — and want to do it on purpose.
Three editorial pillars — Places, Infrastructure, Philosophy— covered weekly, plus the occasional essay or personal note from the desk. Specific to the point of discomfort, honest about what isn't working, written with a single editor's voice.
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01 — Places
Places worth choosing.
Cities, neighborhoods, hotels, and design shops — and what they offer a portfolio life that few other places do.
02 — Moves
Pieces of mobility infrastructure.
Visa programs, banking shifts, residency comparisons. The plumbing of a life that travels.
03 — Tools
Apps worth installing.
Branded tools or other apps I actually use, what they replace, and where they fall short. Never a roundup.
04 — Ideas
Thoughts worth carrying.
Passages, questions, and paragraphs of reflection on cosmopolitanism, belonging, freedom, and home in motion.
The Mobility Index
What changed in mobility this week.
Henley Passport Index — UAE
UAE #2
Outside the top 25 four months ago, the UAE now ties Japan and South Korea at 187 visa-free destinations.
World Happiness Report 2026
Costa Rica #4
First country outside Europe or Oceania ever to break the top 5. Finland holds #1 for a 9th consecutive year.
Global Innovation Index 2025
Switzerland
Switzerland holds GII #1 for a 15th consecutive year; China enters the top 10 for the first time.
Italy Digital Nomad Visa
Now lawnew
Codified into Article 27-quater of the Immigration Code; €28K income threshold, consulates open by early June.
Maldives Pearl Residence
April 2026new
First-ever Maldives residence-by-investment program (Henley & Partners–backed); 5-year renewable permit tied to pre-approved real estate, entry from ~USD 250K.
Updated 28 Apr 2026 · Warsaw
The Open Question
What city has shaped you most
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What 280 readers have answered this quarter
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Mexico City
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Lisbon
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The Tools
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The next decade will reward people who choose where they are with intention.
Visas are tightening. Jurisdictions are competing for the well-mobile and limiting exits. The gap between people who plan and people who drift is widening into something visible.
Globally Based covers the places, infrastructure, and ideas that close that gap.
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